May 28, 2018

DOE pushing for modified electricity bill format

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 27, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for further itemization of cost components in electric bills – primarily those touching on bill deposits and interest charges; as […]
May 26, 2018

Abolishing the ERC and Creating a New Regulatory Agency are not the Keys…it is Heart and Spirit (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 May 2018 Part 2 Many of the Problems of the ERC have been self-inflicted 2. If the ERC had the right regulatory soul for the consumers and faithful to its clear mandates under Section 38 […]
May 25, 2018

ABOLISHING ERC AND CREATING A NEW POWER REGULATORY AGENCY NOT THE KEYS…..IT IS HEART AND SPIRIT. (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 23 May 2018 Part 1 In February 2014 we wrote in the Philippine Inquirer about the Epira Law being an imperfect law that is imperfectly implemented.  As it relates to the Energy Regulatory Commission that it […]
May 23, 2018

P52-B Vis-Min transmission system gets nod (‘Energy project of national significance’)

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 22, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Investment Coordinating Council (EICC) has approved the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as the first major […]